** AUSTRALIA. 2368.43, Jan 31 at 1618, continuous Greek songs segued,
no announcements, not even a ToH R. Symban ID past 1700; still 1748+
via SW Sydney SDR
http://sdrvk2ari.hopto.org:8073/?f=2368.43amz10
which I found already tuned to that exact frequency but no one else
using it now, steady S4-S5 but noisy; tnx to WOR iog tips from Brian
Powell, Sydney who had not heard it before but found it was indeed on
the air at 1023; also reported by Kari Kallio, Finland, and Zacharias
Liangas, really in Greece, all using nearby remotes. May be sporadic,
but certainly running overnight now. Little chance of hearing it
direct even if I were DXing pre-sunrise.
Ron Howard also provided news about this Jan 30: ``Noted this unique
posting today - https://radio.chobi.net/DX/bbs/?res:5025#5025
"AUSTRALIA: today 30 January 2022 18h50utc, weak but Radio Symban
heard with the kiwisdr VK2AAK at Near Forster, New South Wales, AUS.
According with the stream: https://radioau.net/symban/ Nico (from
France)" Very strange! Ron (Calif. - recovering from a bad fall, but
making progress!)`` --- but no frequency from Nico (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)
** CANADA. 6660 RCUSB, Jan 31 at 0715 UT, CHU pips JBA on 2 x 3330
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CHINA [and non]. 7365, Jan 31 at 1445, S8/9+20 Chinese music and
excited talk, CNR1, presumably live simulcast of CCTV New Year
celebrations, as warned by Ron Howard were expected on many
frequencies around 12-16 UT. Also similar but not sure if // on 9390,
huge collision, i.e. jamming RFA Cantonese via Tinian; and 9605, vs
VOA Chinese via Philippines.
I also looked for WOOB CNR1 jammers, if not Firedragon, above & below
11 and 13 MHz, but nothing. Have these diminished, or is it just lack
of propagation and/or scheduling. I think a lot of them used to close
at 1400; but it will take the imposition of DST here to get me up that
early (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** ETHIOPIA. 7110, Jan 31 at 0418, R. Ethiopia quite blatantly
INTRUDING with a big S9+20 signal fading to S7 in an Ethiopian
language; nothing on 7140 or 7180 from Eritrea (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)
** MADAGASCAR. 11824.96 approx., Jan 31 at 0424, S4-S7 medical
discussion about strokes, as MWV vies with VOHA for the
Christian-subjected early audience. I suppose it`s African Pathways
Radio, but this broadcast does not appear in WRTH 2022 page 485; in
so-called ``winter`` schedule, the only English is at 03-04 on 13760.
We are referred to ALASKA for more, but page 462 does not show any
`KNLS` programming via Mad! The English at 18-19 on 13670 and 20-21 on
11965 are absent from both. Seasonal nomenclature smax of hemispherism
or northern temperatism (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** NORTH AMERICA. 6925 AM, Jan 30 at 2303, pirate music; 2343 ballad,
2346 maybe `When A Man Loves A Woman`. 0024 January 31, S8-S5 of
classic rock. 41 posts here say it`s Mix Radio International which
started as unID long before by 1751 on 6875, moving to 6925 at 2229:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,92341.0.html
and finally went off at 0132 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 517 MCW kHz, Jan 31 at 0721 UT, a second JBA NDB under my
strongest `local`, 515 PN Ponca City OK, where I am tuned USB. Tough
copy but maybe RN. Fortunately, PN makes long pauses. DXinfocentre
roster shows most likely it`s FN, 517, 25 watts at Clinton / Hills,
Iowa. Only one dit difference. Previously I had also pulled on 515, OS
at the other OSU, in Ohio (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2123 monitoring: Also confirmed
Sunday January 30 at 2100 on AM Italia, 1323 kHz, but with QRM into
UTwente; usual nearby Noale SDR offline. Tuned in before at 2058
something in English about carbon monoxide detectors, UK phone.
Also confirmed Sunday January 30 at 2330 on WRMI 5950, good direct.
Also confirmed UT Monday January 31 at 0030 on WRMI 7730, VG direct.
Also confirmed UT Monday January 31 at 0230 on WRN N America webcast.
Also confirmed UT Monday January 31 at 0401 on Area 51 via WBCQ
6159.94, S9; preceded by coughing fit at 0358-0401 interrupted by WBCQ
ID at 0400 and a different one just before WOR. Per A51 sked
http://zappahead.net/#2022-0129-area51
the coughing fit is from W.D.C.D. Radio at 0330. Next:
2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed?]
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S
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** U S A. 7780, Jan 31 at 0416, S9+6 of dead air from this WRMI. 0400*
is the scheduled closing. I missed all the excitement but WRMI and
apparently much of Florida had power failures early Sunday due to
frigid weather, as described on disgraced FB; I guess the juice froze
in the power lines. Transmitter 14 is the one on 5010 which I was
hearing with a poor signal early UT Jan 31:
``WRMI Radio Miami International 16 hrs ·
Regresó la electricidad a la planta transmisora de WRMI en Okeechobee
después de un apagón de aproximadamente tres horas y pico durante la
noche. Todo está funcionando normalmente otra vez, excepto el
transmisor número 14 que necesita algunas reparaciones. Esperamos
tenerlo en el aire esta noche si todo va bien. La causa del apagón fue
el clima; tuvimos temperaturas debajo de 0 centígrado.
WRMI Radio Miami International 16 hrs · [ago, how precise!]
Power is back on at WRMI -- It has been a brutal night and morning
(Jan 30) here at the WRMI transmitter site in Okeechobee. Electrical
power was out for about three and a half hours due to an extreme
freeze in this area. And when the power returned, we had many problems
with computers and one transmitter damaged. At this time everything is
working normally again, except that we have a problem with transmitter
14 that we hope to have resolved in time for this evening's
transmission.
WRMI Radio Miami International 20 hrs ·
Power is out at WRMI! At approximately 0745 UTC Sunday 30 January, we
lost all electrical power at the WRMI transmitter site in Okeechobee,
Florida. This is the reason that all transmitters and our Internet
stream are off the air. Florida Power & Light is dispatching a team to
our site to try to restore power as soon as possible. The power outage
is caused by the near-freezing conditions at our site tonight, which
is a very unusual situation here in South Central Florida.
Author WRMI Radio Miami International
Gracias Osmany y todos. Ahora la compañía de luz estima que debemos
tener electricidad a las 10 de la mañana hora de Miami (1500 UTC),
pero eso puede cambiar mientras están haciendo las reparaciones.``
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. Another follow-up on the WOR iog to my WCLV report; yes, I
now recall it had been on 95.5, and I believe originally a commercial
classical station before joining the Ideastream empire:
``My father has older reel to reel airchecks of WCLV clearly
announcing its frequency as 95.5 MHz back in the older days. I
remember growing up in Cleveland falling asleep to the radio on sleep
timer tuned to WCLV. The 7-way swap in 2001 saw them picking up the
former WAKS in Lorain on 104.9 which is where their signal is found
now with very little channel separation from country station WKKY in
Geneva. Ideastream added the station to its stable of properties in
2011.
WKSU was the latest acquisition by Ideastream and was announced last
year. It has a translator network blanketing most of the northeastern
quarter of the state. WCPN would join WKSU and the rest of the
network.
Ideastream owns WCPN-FM, WVIZ-TV, WKSU-FM (and translators), and
WCLV-FM plus a stake in the “Ohio Channel” television channel it runs
in partnership with Ohio Government Telecommunications.
Northeast Ohio is still a shifting media market. Stephen Michael
Kellat, Ashtabula, Ohio`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** ZAMBIA. 9680, Jan 31 at 0421, American English with Bible story
about Jacob and Rachel, S6-S9: I bet it`s V of Hope Africa this early:
yes, immediately // 11680 which sounds quite louder but reads slightly
less, S5-S8. WRTH 2022 shows both at 0400-0800 for the so-called
``winter`` 2021-2022 season; the Bible is speaking (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)
UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Oceanic JBA MW carrier search, Jan 31 at 0719 UT:
only 9-kHz ones detected are 846, surely Kiritimati; and surprise
1458: lots of Pacific rim area stations but biggest is 200 kW from
somewhere in China; or remnant of 125 kW ethnic R. Lyca from the other
London, UK? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
UNIDENTIFIED. 12000, I had not found a DX reference listing the
single-letter beacon Z that I heard, but tnx to Ron Howard for this:
``Letter beacon - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letter_beacon
According to D.W. Schimmel, in 1986 the Federal Communications
Commission (FCC) released the following HF direction finding results
for single letter beacons, all of which indicate locations in the USSR
. . . . Z Mukachevo, Ukraine``
Where is Mukachevo? ``Mukachevo is a city located in the valley of the
Latorica river in Zakarpattia Oblast (province), in Western Ukraine.
Wikipedia`` --- so not in Soviet/Russian occupation zone now; perhaps
no coincidence the oblast starts with 3 = Z (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
This report dispatched at 1752 UT January 31
http://www.hard-core-dx.com/article.php?story=20220131181501649